As China reopens, factories fire up but jobs gloom keeps consumers at home
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory output rose for the first time this year as the world's second-largest economy slowly emerged from its coronavirus lockdown, although consumption remained depressed amid increased job losses.Industrial production climbed 3.9% in April from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, faster than the 1.5% increase forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts and following a 1.1% fall in March.After months of lockdowns, China is reopening its economy as the outbreak on the..